The 10th Annual Louisiana High School Technology Challenge Takes Place Online February 3, 2016

Last
updated: March 16, 2015

The University of Louisiana
at Monroe
(ULM) was proud to host the 9thLouisiana High School Technology
Challenge on February 11, 2015. High
school teams across Louisiana participated at no cost in
this online competition due to generous sponsorship
by CenturyLink. The 10th Louisiana High School Technology Challenge will take place on Wednesday, Februrary 3, 2016.

This online
technology competition encourages high school
students to prepare for Louisiana's
future. Every high school in Louisiana is
eligible and welcome to participate by registering
a student team. Since
2006, approximately 5,050 high school students have
participated in this annual
online competition with very positive evaluations by high school tech team coaches. Shouldn't your high school participate?

Team Registration Is NOW OPEN For Technology Challenge 2016The 10th annual Louisiana High School Technology Challenge takes place on Wednesday, February 3, 2016.

Why A Technology
Challenge?
This competition recognizes and acknowledges students interested in demonstrating
their
creative use
of technology and teamwork skills.
As Louisiana prepares for a brighter
future, our schools need
to encourage students to apply skills that will help
them
to productively contribute in a modern and
progressive society through teamwork. The main purpose of this
competition is to demonstrate
how our students can use technology creatively, in a
team, for productive life-long learning.

Winning schools will be recognized for excellence
with school trophies.

Eventually, we
intend to share the excellent
work
produced
during the competition to inspire even greater excellence.
Over
time, we hope to have "exemplars", video tutorials,
technology tips, and projects online. We hope to make
the learning materials available through this
website.

What
Is The High School Technology Challenge?The
Technology Challenge is
an annual state-wide competition among high
school students in
Louisiana. Every high school in Louisiana can enter a single
team composed of up to 15 students under the
guidance
of a designated Team Coach.
On the morning of the
competition,
during regular school hours, your team meets at a reserved computer lab
at your high school. All you need
is Internet-accessible
computers to complete the challenging
tasks. This event is a virtual field trip, without
the associated costs of travel.

A highly-qualified team of dozens of judges
at the University of Louisiana at
Monroe, CenturyLink, and from "LACUE" (Louisiana Association
of
Computer-Using Educators) will examine and evaluate the work of the
teams.
Results of the competition will be announced on this website
on the following day.

Basic
Requirements
Here are the requirements for entering a school team to enter the
online competition:
1. The high school Principal designates a Team Coach.
2. The Team Coach selects
a team of up to 15 students.
3. Before the late registration deadline, registration is
free, thanks to our
sponsor. 4.
Your
school's computers should have software that can read and
write
Word, Powerpoint, and
Excel files. You should be able to do minor image editing,
using any type of software. Any type of computer may be used.
Judges will be using their own computers to evaluate the team
submissions; so, whatever file your team produces should be in a common
file format.
5. Your team should be ready to complete a number of challenging and creative tasks
during a Wednesday morning at your school.
6.
Although not required, most
high schools have a pizza party for
the participating team members immediately after the competition.
(This
is a very small portion what an actual school trip would cost!)

Mission Of The
Technology Challenge
We invite you
to encourage student
learning with technology by organizing a
Technology Challenge team in your high school with a mission to promote
enthusiastic support for active involvement of students in
active
learning opportunities. We want
to enhance learning at high schools in Louisiana by:

instilling
a passion for learning through teamwork

actively
recognizing and sharing excellent student work

celebrating
outstanding student achievement

promoting
community, school, and business partnerships that support learning with
technology

promoting
meaningful achievement and useful workplace skills

attracting
more students, particularly females and minorities, to
professional and technical careers dealing with technology

Who Are We?
We are all volunteers. No person earns any money in the organization
and management of this educational event. Most of the
judges are busy professors who teach at
the University of
Louisiana at Monroe. Feel free
to contact us.

Is This Online Educational
Competition Unique?
As far as we know, this is the oldest state-wide
online educational competition in the
USA. Technology
Challenge 2016!
Mark your calendar! The
10th Annual Louisiana High School Technology Challenge 2016
will take place on Wednesday, February
3, 2016.
It will mark the 10th consecutive annual online high school competition
in the great
state of Louisiana. We hope your school will participate! Free registration
is limited to the first 75 registered high schools in
Louisiana.